The company said the plan will rely on “significant” new renewable-energy resources and reducing the use of fossil fuels, as well as helping customers become more energy efficient. MGE said it will work with scientists at UW-Madison to evaluate the goal and ensure it is consistent with the IPCC assessment.
May 15, 2019
Research
Primal Fear: Can Monkeys Help Unlock the Secrets of Trauma?
Noted: Scientists have long used rhesus macaques in psychological research. In the 1950s, a University of Wisconsin comparative psychologist named Harry Harlow performed a series of sometimes-shocking studies on the monkeys.
Athletics
Former Badger JJ Watt announces new show ‘Ultimate Tag’ with his brothers
He said “Ultimate Tag” takes a childhood game to extreme levels with “insane obstacles” and “incredible athletes. The show is expected to launch in early 2020.
Kayla Konwent has led UW to third consecutive NCAA softball appearance
UW (40-12), making its third consecutive NCAA tournament appearance for the first time in program history, faces Notre Dame (36-16) at 6 p.m. Friday in the four-team, double-elimination regional in Norman, Oklahoma. The game is on ESPN.
UW Experts in the News
Signs your kid might be struggling with a mental illness
Quoted: Psychiatrists at UW-Health, like Dr. Marcia Slattery, stress that isolation can make an everyday problem worse. “People hold a lot of these illnesses quiet and silent because they’re not sure how to talk about it and they’re confusing,” said Dr. Slattery. “For teens, I think the stress is also there. We’ve become a much more isolated society.”
Wisconsin 2020 voter turnout could be ‘as high as humanly possible’
Quoted: “We should expect exceptional voter turnout in Wisconsin in 2020,” says University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Barry Burden, another turnout expert.
The global internet is disintegrating. What comes next?
“In countries with rich and diverse connectivity to the rest of the internet, it would be virtually impossible to identify all the ingress and egress points,” says Paul Barford, a computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, who maps the network of physical pipes and cables through which the global internet runs.
Meteorologists Worry 5G Expansion Could Interfere With Weather Forecasts
Noted: “It’s not an issue of, ‘Can we move slightly away so 5G can get in there,’ ” said University of Wisconsin meteorologist Jordan Gerth. “Physics can’t be reaccommodated.”
Tornado scientists send drone fleet into violent thunderstorms
Noted: “I’m really psyched about this,” says Leigh Orf, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who developed the simulation that predicts this cool air current. TORUS is a “big first step toward looking the right way in the right part of the storm”, for these smaller structures, he says.
UN Report says humans putting one million species in danger
Noted: “Just the sheer number of people is helping to drive this rate of extinction,” said Stanley Temple, a professor emeritus of conservation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and senior fellow at the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
UW-Madison Related
Madison Airbnb hosts bring in $133,000 over graduation weekend
The online hospitality company said this was the second largest surge of guests to Madison in the history of the platform, only behind the Crossfit Games in August.
New sculpture installed at Library Mall
Dahlquist has ties to UW-Madison. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in art from the university in 1980.
UW student charged with beating mother to death with baseball bat
The University of Wisconsin-Madison student’s attorney, Liam Dixon, said Tuesday that Summerwill is “devastated” and has the support of his family members, who are “disappointed” in the charges. Dixon says the woman’s death was a “horrible accident.”